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Blueoriontiger
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by Blueoriontiger » Mon Jun 21, 2004 12:19 pm
Does anyone have a solution for the full version of Zone 66 to run in normal dos? The trial version I have will. But the full needs pure dos. I only have it on one old PC with 66 MHz, which is deteriorating quickly. I need some kind of patch for it to run in Windows 98 minimum, with music track at least. Help anyone?
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Interon
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by Interon » Mon Jun 21, 2004 2:18 pm
Zone 66's most common error is a complaint about a protected mode program. Since Windows operates in protected mode, I'm certain you need to provide an isolated pure DOS environment like DOSBox, Bochs, VMWare, Virtual PC, or a DOS boot disk. Also, prevent HIMEM.SYS or other XMS drivers from loading (Zone 66 has its own way of using RAM above 640 KB and does not like other programs interfering).
Interon
Wally
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by Wally » Mon Jun 21, 2004 5:25 pm
wait... to get zone 66 running efficiently you need dosbox .61
dosbox.sourceforge.net
IT MUST BE .61 to work..
Wally
Blueoriontiger
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by Blueoriontiger » Tue Jun 22, 2004 1:07 pm
It says cannot run with XMS driver. I've tried rebooting it without the driver, but it holds up and says out of memory
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MrBojangles528
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by MrBojangles528 » Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:02 pm
We still dont have a solution for this?
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by Blueoriontiger » Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:55 pm
Anonymous wrote: We still dont have a solution for this?
Solved it! Go to the dosbox.conf file and look for two values:
ems=true
xms=true
Change these to false and, TADA!
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MrBojangles528
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by MrBojangles528 » Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:16 pm
How do you open the config file?
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LoT
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by LoT » Wed Oct 13, 2004 9:15 pm
How do you open the config file?
Open it with any text editor, f.e. notepad (the Windows Editor).
LoT
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by MrBojangles528 » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:08 pm
Ok that worked, so now the game is running, but I have no sound, any solutions for this?
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Wally
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by Wally » Fri Oct 15, 2004 9:56 pm
you much configure zone 66 to dosbox default soounds
Wally
MrBojangles528
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by MrBojangles528 » Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:43 pm
Sorry, I am new to Dosbox, how do I do this?
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Blueoriontiger
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by Blueoriontiger » Mon Nov 08, 2004 10:04 am
Anonymous wrote: Sorry, I am new to Dosbox, how do I do this?
Same way you did the EMS/XMS settings, except look for Sound Blaster values. Default should be:
Port:200
IRQ: 5
DMA: 1
If that doesn't work, get your soundcard configuration settings and match it to these.
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